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There are almost as many reasons to send a parcel to Manchester as there are reasons why Manchester itself is such a vibrant centre for business. Regarded by many as the foremost regional centre for the north-west of England, Manchester is home to several regional government offices, and its industries and businesses enjoy a high profile across all of the region, the rest of the UK and beyond.
Revelling in the nicknames Cottonopolis' and Capital of the North', the former gives a big clue as to the origin of much of the city's subsequent prosperity. Cotton spun in the mill towns of Lancashire and north Cheshire was brought to Manchester, where it was processed and made into a vast number of garments and other items indeed, the term Manchester cotton' is still widely used in many parts of the world to signify quality household linen, such as sheets and towels.
Out of the demand from the cotton trade for more sophisticated machinery, the city established a major engineering presence, and with the introduction of dyes came a large number of bleaching and dyeing works. As the city grew, so did its transport infrastructure, so it became an early stronghold of both the canals and the railways as the need for efficient transport of raw materials in, and finished products out of the area became greater. On the back of this industrial activity, Manchester also blossomed as a centre for finance, as well as trade unionism and the co-operative movement.
These roots are still widely acknowledged and in evidence in the city today, but now, in common with many other towns and cities throughout the UK, industry went into a steep decline from the 1960s to the 1980s, and other service sectors, including banking and insurance, IT and retail, have assumed much greater importance. Lying just over 160 miles north of London, access to Manchester is easy and quick by a number of means. It is a few miles from the M6 motorway between Birmingham and Carlisle, and the M62 from Liverpool to Hull passes just to the north.
Manchester has the UK's fourth busiest airport, and this has its own international cargo terminal, which handles direct freight flights from the Far East and Middle East, USA and various European cities. It has processed more than 100,000 tonnes of freight annually every year since 1998. Businesses and individuals in Manchester consider that they live in a world-class city, and, thanks to the efforts of worldwide couriers, they enjoy parcel and freight delivery service fitting of that status.
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